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From the Archives
- Blog No. 14: An LS3/5a For the Ages
- Blog No. 13: Dave Wilson
- Blog No. 12: At Last, Another Hi-Fi History!
- Blog No. 11: Simply Listening….
- Anachrophile Special: Acoustic Research – A Day In the Life
- Blog No. 10: CES 2016 After the Fact
- Blog No 9: The Calm Before the Storm
- Blog No. 8: Auf Wiedersehen, Dieter
- Blog No. 7: So Long, Stan
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Archives: Hi-Fi
Valfet Amplifier
CROSS-BRED BRIT A new valve/MOSFET hybrid amplifier has just been released by a – surprise, surprise – UK manufacturer. Ken Kessler examines the cross-fertilisation. Valve scarcity and solid-state progress have almost forced valve amp manufacturers to blend the two technologies. … Continue reading
UK News January 1995
It’s taken long enough, but some of the older British manufacturers have finally realised that there’s no better quality to exploit than one’s own heritage. (The younger ones, quite naturally, have no heritage yet worth exploiting.) The revival a few … Continue reading
Boston VR12 Center Channel Speaker Review
Still wary of this industry’s THX sermonizing, I’m at a loss to explain but happy about the proliferation of center-channel speakers that are something other than horizontally-mounted versions of a given manufacturer’s main left-and-right speakers. Weren’t we told time and … Continue reading
Inside Hi-Fi Column: Hi-Fi Shows vs Watch Shows
There I was, sitting in a fat, comfy business class seat, wondering if the audio industry could do what the watch’n’jewellery crowd could do. One phrase stuck in my mind, from one of that industry’s annual trade fair’s opening speeches: … Continue reading
Copland CDA 266 CD Player
Had I paid attention in Psychology 101, this review could have featured a mini dissertation on the single-chassis vs two-box debate. To separate or not to separate – that is the question. It’s just that any single-box CD player over … Continue reading
Simon Yorke S7 Turntable
However cool or unimpressed we try to be, there’s no escaping ‘prestige’ endorsements. Even if there’s been some financial inducement – what did it cost BMW to get James Bond to drive a German car? – we’re still impressed. But … Continue reading
Marantz 17-Series System
MARANTZ REVIEW Ken Kessler Having established itself as THE brand for affordable audiophile CD players, Marantz is going out of its way to prevent what’s known as ‘cherry-picking’. Cherry-picking happens when a brand has one outrageously successful product, but the … Continue reading
Musical Fidelity Nu-Vista Pre-Amplifier
Anthony Michaelson knows how to push the right buttons. All he had to say was the word ‘nuvistor’, and every tube crazy worth his weight in anode plates was clamouring for a listen. After all, wasn’t the nuvistor the last-ever, … Continue reading
Wilson Audio Cub Review
At the rate Wilson Audio is entering the more affordable sectors, there’ll be a $100-bookshelf model around 2015. Until then, the “entry level” is the new CUB, not cheap at just under $6000 per pair, but almost a case of … Continue reading
The Hi-Fi Show 1995
Because of the nature of the hi-fi beast — politics and prejudice often override reality — the Hi-Fi Show at the Ramada Hotel at London’s Heathrow Airport is always taken for granted. Or dissed beyond belief. Maybe it’s because the … Continue reading